The Spring Conference will begin with the ever-popular Parents Meeting and a Medical Seminar aimed at Adult LPs (18+ years old) followed by Medical Seminar options for those LPs under 18 years old with their parents in the Thornhill Room and LPs 18+ years old in the Buttonville Room. Meanwhile, Camp-Age kids (6-14 years old) can enjoy a Day of Camp LPO in the Unionville Room. This year we are planning on Nine (9) Medical Seminars and Peer-to-Peer Workshops with a panel of medical and lived experience experts who will present some of the latest news & research on a list of relevant topics - see below - and answer all your questions. (See the preliminary draft agenda below.) Prospective Medical and Workshop Panelists: Dr. Roberto Mendoza, MD, MSc, FCCMG, FRCPC, Chief Clinical and Metabolic Genetics and Ms Lucie Dupuis, M.Sc, MS, CGC Genetic Counsellor at the Hospital for Sick Children Ms Stephanie Rutte - Parents Meeting Moderator - Lived Experience Little Person, Spouse of a Little Person, Mom of a Little Person, and School Teacher Dr. Jeremie Larouche, MD, MSc, FRCSC or Dr. Michael Ford, MD, FRCSC, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery from the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Dr. Andrew Howard, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Harold and Bernice Groves Chair in Orthopaedics, Head, Division of Orthopaedics, Hospital for Sick Children or Dr. Maryse Bouchard, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Hospital for Sick Children Ms Susan Flowers - LPC Zoomer Boomer Moderator, LPO Director & Co-Vice President, lived experience Little Person, Jim Hill Exceptional Service Award recipient Ms Violet Elliot - Social Media Safety Presenter, LPO Director, lived experience Little Person, filmmaker, photographer, and disability advocate Dr. Kathryn Walker, C.Psych. Clinical Director | Psychologist - Mental Health Professional Rebecca Siomra, Speech Language Pathologist, MSc, Reg. CASLPO, SLP(C), LSLS Cert AVT and Meagan McLeod, Communicative Disorders Assistant (CDA), Reg, CDAAC and lived experience as POLP. Ms Natasha Minas, A physiotherapist offering insights into physical fitness and adaptive activities Ms Tess "Mako" Rowley or Ms April "Calypso" Young, Camp Maple Leaf Directors and Camp LPO Day Camp program providers - A Day of Camp LPO
